2 Western journalists buried in Syria

Associated Press

BEIRUT

Two Western journalists killed in the Syrian city of Homs last week were buried in the embattled neighborhood where they died, according to activist videos posted Thursday, while two other reporters escaped into neighboring Lebanon.

The videos and escape were steps toward the end of the ordeal of six Western journalists who sneaked into Syria illegally to report on the uprising against President Bashar Assad and found themselves trapped inside the besieged Homs neighborhood of Baba Amr.

Complicating the picture, the Syrian government said late Thursday it had found the bodies of three Western journalists — including that of one who entered Lebanon on Wednesday — and would return them to their countries.